WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1971
Find out what all happened July to September 1971

The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison. (9. September 1971)

Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'état, which lasts until June 11. (10. July 1971)

In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. (8. September 1971)

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board. (4. September 1971)

Qatar becomes an independent state. (3. September 1971)

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162. (30. July 1971)

A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. (21. August 1971)

Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain. (14. August 1971)

President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. (15. August 1971)

The Freetown Christiania was founded. (26. September 1971)

The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. (10. August 1971)

Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific. (20. September 1971)

Oman joins the Arab League. (29. September 1971)

The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time. (12. July 1971)

The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. (5. August 1971)

Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover. (31. July 1971)

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. (21. September 1971)

Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon. (5. July 1971)

Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. (15. August 1971)

The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed. (9. August 1971)